حي
Root: حيي
2 entries for this word
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Entry 1
حي ḥayy pl. احياء aḥyā’ living, live, alive; lively, lusty, animated, active, energetic, unbroken, undaunted, undismayed; living being, organism; tribe, tribal community; block of apartment houses; section, quarter (of a city) │علم الأحياء ‘ilm al-aḥyā’ biology; حي العالم ‘ilm al-‘ālam houseleek tree (Sempervivum arboreum L.; bot.)
Entry 2
حي ḥayya: حي على الصلاة ḥayya ‘alā ṣ-ṣalāh come to prayer!
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